Liberal Forum

Anyone noticing more spoiled food from grocery stores recently?

I don’t know if this is just me or specific to my area, but I have thrown out more food from being spoiled in the last 6 months than I think I have in my entire life. 

Everything has been well before the “sell by” or expiration date. I’m talking meat that has a week or more left before it expires and yet it smells rancid. I bought butter that isn’t supposed to expire for a year or more and it tasted sour and smelled gross.

Also, I have had to become more diligent about checking expiration dates because places are leaving expired foods on the shelves. But again, I’m having more frequent experiences with non-expired food being rancid well before the expiration date. 

I have switched grocery stores 3 or 4 times but this issue keeps happening and I am having to pitch food each week that according to the label, should still be fresh.